On a hot summer day, Mr. Putter, his cat, Tabby, their neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her dog, Zeke, go for a picnic and a rowboat ride.

Under a burning sun on the dry grassland, animals ranging from a tiny field mouse to a large elephant fight over bit of shade until they learn a better way.

A dog's attempts to cool off on a hot day get him into trouble with a series of people and finally lead him to interrupt a country wedding.

All Water Buffalo and Crane can think about is how hot it is, day after day, until Goat arrives, dancing and leading them on an adventure.

On the hottest night of the hottest part of a very hot summer, Angel, her aunt, and mother drag their mattress to the rooftop to sleep and hope for cooler weather.

When the whole family is so hot that they hide in the cool cornfield, Mamaw decides to play along with a hide-and-seek game of her own.

"Everyone in Baltimore is hot and sticky, from little Hazel playing on the slide to the grandma knitting on the porch. So when evening comes, they all jump at the chance for a little "cool off and ride." The whole neighborhood-from the Taylor twins to Grandpa, and even the dog!--piles onto a breezy homemade roller coaster, a city trolley! In this charming, rhythmic romp, Claudia Friddell and Jenn Harney take us back to a time before air conditioning...

"Après une longue journée passée à jouer sur le pôle Sud glacé, une bande de pingouins se serre les coudes pour se réchauffer pendant la nuit. Mais le matin venu, ils se réveillent pour découvrir qu'ils sont gelés ensemble et qu'ils ne parviennent plus à se décoincer! Ils ont beau soupirer et s'étirer, grelotter et gigoter, ils ne parviennent pas à se décoller. Heureusement, Riquiqui le pingouin a une idée, mais cela implique de voyager..."-- "After...

"Gracie the cow lives in a hot and steamy field. One particular day, when the heat has all but overwhelmed her, she notices activity close to the farmhouse beside her field. She slowly creeps closer to the fence to see what all the noise is about -- oh my! A swimming pool is being installed! Gracie dreams of taking a dip in that cool water, and she’s driven crazy by the possibility of cooling down her hot, leathery skin. She eventually manages to...